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Thesis projects in Sweden

PIEp offers Master thesis projects in the areas of innovation, innovation management and product innovation. Thesis projects are performed together with research groups within the PIEp network.

Contact your node leader or the research groups directly if you are interested!

PIEp Nodeleaders

25.02.2010. 03:15

Thesis projects abroad

USA – Sister Kenny Research Center and University of Minnesota

A number of master thesis projects in the area of medical technology, rehabilitation technology and the more general concept of wellbeing are available to students at the PIEp nodes. These projects take place in Minneapolis St Paul, at either the University of Minnesota or the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Students are funded through a combination of resources, with PIEp as coordinator.

To submit a notification of interest or for more information, please contact Lars.Oddsson @ allina.com (Director of Research, SKRI) or Martin Grimheden (PIEp EDU Coordinator).

USA – Stanford University
Master thesis project opportunities at the University of Stanford are under discussion. Inquiries can be made to PIEp's EDU Coordinator Martin Grimheden in the first instance.

During 2007/2008 PIEp sponsored eight master thesis students from LTU, KTH and LTH in a global thesis project centered at Stanford University, USA (click here to see the partner course). The project was "team-based innovation in a global setting", and Immerse Global (based in San Diego USA) was the corporate sponsor. All student travel, infrastructure and project related costs were supported, and all students spent at least a month in the USA combined with intermediate work periods in Sweden.

25.02.2010. 00:18

Sister Kenny Research Centre Masters Students

On 17th February, Philip Fahlborg and Jonas Staaf, PIEp Master Thesis project students, presented their project to Sister Kenny's clinicians and guests from the University of Minnesota and City of Minneapolis. Their research used an innovation model based on "Clinical Innovation Team" from Katarina Lund’s "Innovation Handbook" (which was awarded the 2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at KTH,). Philip and Jonas have applied the process in the development of "Flamingo", a new prototype of a unique balance training machine that patients can use at home for safe balance training. Philip and Jonas showed off their working prototype, and did a fantastic job which was very well received.

Contact Philip, Jonas or Lars Oddsson for more information!

23.02.2010. 18:24

Best Master Thesis Awards 2009

The PIEp Best Master Thesis Awards 2009 took place on Tuesday 24th November as part of the PIEp Annual Event!

The winners were introduced by Martin Grimheden (PIEp's Education Coordinator) and Mats Berglund (PIEp Board member and sponsor of the competition), and Hasse Johansson (PIEp's Chairman and head of Scania's R&D) presented each student - and their supervisor - with a framed PIEp certificate and a watch.



To read more about the best project from each node - north to south - simply click on the links below:

2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at LTU:
Johan Grönlund and David Ronnberg Sjödin - Abstract

2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at DH/UmU:
Jannes Peters - Abstract - Thesis - Research Blog

2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at KTH:
Katarina Lund - Abstract - Thesis

2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at CTMH:
Madelen Fahlstedt - Abstract

2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at HJ:
Olof Claesson - Abstract

2009 PIEp Best Master Thesis Award at LTH:
Linn Andersson and Ida Andersson - Abstract - Thesis

18.12.2009. 18:56

Katarina Lund Interview

The Sister Kenny Research Center "Innovation Handbook" developed by PIEp Masters Student Katarina Lund was presented at a Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce lunch in Minneapolis on Wednesday 10th June.

Katarina told us the story behind the Handbook!
Katarina Lund interview

17.07.2009. 14:38

Namibia projects BLOG

In the summer of 2009 we are leaving the security of KTH to go out into the big wide world! For two months, we shall carry out field work in Namibia as part of our thesis. The work is in collaboration with the University of Namibia, the Swedish Export Council, PIEp and Sida. In the process, we shall analyze the need for small-scale off-grid solutions for electricity supply for the Namibian countryside on the basis of an steam motor developed at KTH.

We're running a blog (in Swedish) at: http://www.namibiabloggen.blogspot.com/

18.06.2009. 11:10

PIEp Engineering Creativity Challenge

All students in the PIEp network are encouraged to submit a brief summary of their thesis projects. A jury of innovators and venture capitalists select a team of finalists who are awarded at the PIEp Annual Event.

Download Announcement for the 2008 Challenge here

On November 25th, 2008, PIEp awarded the following finalists:
1st prize: Jonas Forslund - Project Simulator for Operative Extraction of Wisdom Teeth
Shared 2nd-5th prize: Erik Dahlbeck, Rimgaile Samsonite, Magnus Hammar, Thomas Francke and Carl Wadell

On November 7th, 2007, PIEp awarded the following finalists:
1st prize: Fredrik Laurantzon and Tomas Meurling – Project Corona
Shared 2nd prize: Filip Asp – Project Hearing test for deaf children and Huan Fang – Project Voiceprint
While all finalists received a nice Omega-watch the winners also received a trip to San Francisco.

16.01.2009. 01:10

Summerschools

PIEp offers stipends for participation in relevant summer schools. Please refer to the respective announcement for details. At each summer school, PIEp offers a limited number of scholarships. Please contact PIEp for details and how to apply for funding, see also below.

Stanford Graduate School of Business Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship
June 21 – July 17, 2008
Summer School website
Application deadline: March 9th, 2009 directly to Stanford Graduate School of Business The cost for the summer school is 9400US$, and the application fee is 40US$. PIEp offers a limited number of stipends, both for the application fee and the full cost of the summer school. To get these stipends, it is necessary to contact the PIEp EDU coordinator before March 2nd for the application fees and within 10 days of notification of admission for the full fee. If contacted prior to March 2nd, and the applicant is found to be eligible and in line with the overall PIEp EDU aims PIEp will pay the application fee. Based on acceptance to the summer program, a number of stipends to cover the full summer school fee will be distributed according to relevance, applicant suitability and educational background.

Summer Programme in International Entrepreneurship at Jönköping International Business School
June 1 – June 26, 2009
Summer School website
Application deadline: March 2nd, 2009 directly to the PIEp EDU coordinator. PIEp offers a number of places at the summer school with stipends to cover travel, accommodation and all costs related to the summer school. To be eligible for these stipends, contact the PIEp EDU coordinator before March 2nd, 2009. The stipends will be distributed to students of the PIEp universities according to relevance, applicant suitability and educational background.

PIEp/Zhejiang Summer School in Medical Technology Entrepreneurship
The Summer school is being planned, without any firm dates. The agreed plan is to run for two weeks in June/August; one week at KTH in Stockholm followed by one week at the Zhejiang University, China. Please return here for more information.

16.01.2009. 01:09

Internships in USA

Through PIEp partner nodes in USA, internship positions are being offered at primarily medical technology companies in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. These positions are offered students within the PIEp network with a focus on product innovation, particularly in medical technology. Please return here for more information.

16.01.2009. 01:05

Course Collaborations

PIEp supports activities where existing courses and programs are exposed to innovative and creative environments, collaborations with relevant companies etc. During 2007/08 a joint project between Mechatronics students at KTH, Business students at JIBS and a project sponsor at a medical technology research institute in Minneapolis is used as a test bed for product innovation. Please return here for more information as the project evolves.

16.01.2009. 01:05

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